How to link to apps on the app store

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I am creating a free version of my iPhone game  I want to have a button inside the free version that takes people to the paid version in the app store  If I use a standard link  http   itunes apple com WebObjects MZStore woa wa viewSoftware id 300136119 amp mt 8  the iPhone opens Safari first  and then the app store  I have used other apps that open the app store directly  so I know it is possible   Any ideas  What is the URL Scheme for the app store

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To have a direct link without redirection :

Use iTunes link maker http://itunes.apple.com/linkmaker/ to get the real direct link
Replace the http:// with itms-apps://
Open the link with [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];

Be careful, those links only works on actual devices, not in simulator.

Source : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa2008/qa1629.html

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Despite there being loads of answers here  none of the suggestions for linking to the developers apps seem to work anymore    When I last visited I was able to get it working using the format   itms-apps   itunes apple com developer developer-name id123456789   This no longer works  but removing the developer name does   itms-apps   itunes apple com developer id123456789

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This code generates the App Store link on iOS  NSString  appName    NSString stringWithString    NSBundle mainBundle  infoDictionary    objectForKey   CFBundleName     NSURL  appStoreURL    NSURL URLWithString  NSString stringWithFormat   itms-apps   itunes com app      appName stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString      withString           Replace itms-apps with http on Mac   NSURL  appStoreURL    NSURL URLWithString  NSString stringWithFormat   http  itunes com app      appName stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString      withString            Open URL on iOS     UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL appStoreURL     Mac     NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace  openURL appStoreURL

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This is simple and short way to redirect link other existing application on app store    NSString  customURL     http   itunes apple com app id951386316     if    UIApplication sharedApplication  canOpenURL  NSURL URLWithString customURL                UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString customURL

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A number of answers suggest using  itms  or  itms-apps  but this practice is not specifically recommended by Apple  They only offer the following way to open the App Store   Listing 1  Launching the App Store from an iOS application  NSString  iTunesLink     https   itunes apple com us app apple-store id375380948 mt 8     UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink      See https   developer apple com library ios qa qa1629  index html last updated March  2014 as of this answer   For apps that support iOS 6 and above  Apple offers a in-app mechanism for presenting the App Store  SKStoreProductViewController  -  void loadProductWithParameters  NSDictionary   parameters completionBlock  void     BOOL result  NSError  error  block      Example  SKStoreProductViewController  spvc     SKStoreProductViewController alloc  init   spvc delegate   self   spvc loadProductWithParameters    SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier     364709193    completionBlock   BOOL result  NSError  error        if  error             Show sorry     else            Present spvc       Note that on iOS6  the completion block may not be called if there are errors  This appears to be a bug that was resolved in iOS 7

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I can confirm that if you create an app in iTunes connect you get your app id before you submit it    Therefore    itms-apps   itunes apple com app id123456789  NSURL  appStoreURL    NSURL URLWithString   itms-apps   itunes apple com app id123456789        if    UIApplication sharedApplication canOpenURL appStoreURL             UIApplication sharedApplication openURL appStoreURL     Works a treat

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This worked for me perfectly using only APP ID    NSString  urlString    NSString stringWithFormat   http   itunes apple com app id    YOUR APP ID     UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString urlString      The number of redirects is ZERO

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If you want to open an app directly to the App Store  you should use   itms-apps        This way it will directly open the App Store app in the device  instead of going to iTunes first  then only open the App Store  when using just itms      Hope that helps     EDIT  APR  2017  itms-apps    actually works again in iOS10  I tested it   EDIT  APR  2013  This no longer works in iOS5 and above  Just use   https   itunes apple com app id378458261   and there are no more redirects

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This worked for me perfectly using only APP ID    NSString  urlString    NSString stringWithFormat   http   itunes apple com app id    YOUR APP ID     UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString urlString      The number of redirects is ZERO

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This is simple and short way to redirect link other existing application on app store    NSString  customURL     http   itunes apple com app id951386316     if    UIApplication sharedApplication  canOpenURL  NSURL URLWithString customURL                UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString customURL

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Edited on 2016-02-02 Starting from iOS 6 SKStoreProductViewController class was introduced  You can link an app without leaving your app  Code snippet in Swift 3 x 2 x and Objective-C is here   A SKStoreProductViewController object presents a store that allows the user to purchase other media from the App Store  For example  your app might display the store to allow the user to purchase another app    From News and Announcement For Apple Developers   Drive Customers Directly to Your App on the App Store with iTunes Links With iTunes links you can provide your customers with an easy way to access your apps on the App Store directly from your website or marketing campaigns  Creating an iTunes link is simple and can be made to direct customers to either a single app  all your apps  or to a specific app with your company name specified  To send customers to a specific application  http   itunes com apps appname To send customers to a list of apps you have on the App Store  http   itunes com apps developername To send customers to a specific app with your company name included in the URL  http   itunes com apps developername appname   Additional notes  You can replace http    with itms    or itms-apps    to avoid redirects  Please note that itms    will send the user to the iTunes store and itms-apps    with send them to the App Store  For info on naming  see Apple QA1633  https   developer apple com library content qa qa1633  index html  Edit  as of January 2015   itunes com apps links should be updated to appstore com apps   See QA1633 above  which has been updated  A new QA1629 suggests these steps and code for launching the store from an app   Launch iTunes on your computer  Search for the item you want to link to  Right-click or control-click on the item s name in iTunes  then choose  quot Copy iTunes Store URL quot  from the pop-up menu  In your application  create an NSURL object with the copied iTunes URL  then pass this object to UIApplication  s openURL  method to open your item in the App Store   Sample code  NSString  iTunesLink     quot itms   itunes apple com app apple-store id375380948 mt 8 quot     UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink     iOS10      UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink  options     completionHandler nil    Swift 4 2    let urlStr    quot itms-apps   itunes apple com app apple-store id375380948 mt 8 quot      if  available iOS 10 0               UIApplication shared open URL string  urlStr    options       completionHandler  nil                 else           UIApplication shared openURL URL string  urlStr

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Creating a link could become a complex issue when supporting multiple OS and multiple platform  For example the WebObjects isn t supported on iOS 7  some of them   some links you create would open another country store then the user s etc   There is an open source library called iLink that could help you   There advantages of this library is that the links would be found and created at run time  the library would check the app ID and the OS it is running on and would figure out what link should be created   The best point in this is that you don t need to configure almost anything before using it so that is error free and would work always  That s great also if you have few targets on same project so you don t have to remember which app ID or link to use  This library also would prompt the user to upgrade the app if there is a new version on the store  this is built in and you turn this off by a simple flag  directly pointing to the upgrade page for the app if user agrees   Copy the 2 library files to your project  iLink h  amp  iLink m    On your appDelegate m    import  iLink h      void initialize         configure iLink      iLink sharedInstance  globalPromptForUpdate   YES     If you want iLink to prompt user to update when the app is old      and on the place you want to open the rating page for example just use     iLink sharedInstance  iLinkOpenAppPageInAppStoreWithAppleID  YOUR PAID APP APPLE ID      You should find YOUR PAID APP APPLE ID from iTunes Connect    Don t forget to import iLink h on the same file   There is a very good doc for the whole library there and an example projects for iPhone and for Mac

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Simply change  itunes  to  phobos  in the app link   http   phobos apple com WebObjects MZStore woa wa viewSoftware id 300136119 amp mt 8  Now it will open the App Store directly

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For summer 2015 onwards     - IBAction clickedUpdate       NSString  simple     quot itms-apps   itunes apple com app id1234567890 quot         UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString simple       replace  id1234567890  with  id  and  your ten digit number   This works perfectly on all devices   It does go straight to the app store  no redirects   Is OK for all national stores   It s true you should move to using loadProductWithParameters  but if the purpose of the link is to update the app you are actually inside of  it s possibly better to use this  quot old-fashioned quot  approach

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All the answers are outdated and don t work  use the below method   All apps of a developer  itms-apps   apps apple com developer developer-name developerId  Single app  itms-apps   itunes apple com app appId

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If you want to open an app directly to the App Store  you should use   itms-apps        This way it will directly open the App Store app in the device  instead of going to iTunes first  then only open the App Store  when using just itms      Hope that helps     EDIT  APR  2017  itms-apps    actually works again in iOS10  I tested it   EDIT  APR  2013  This no longer works in iOS5 and above  Just use   https   itunes apple com app id378458261   and there are no more redirects

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I can confirm that if you create an app in iTunes connect you get your app id before you submit it    Therefore    itms-apps   itunes apple com app id123456789  NSURL  appStoreURL    NSURL URLWithString   itms-apps   itunes apple com app id123456789        if    UIApplication sharedApplication canOpenURL appStoreURL             UIApplication sharedApplication openURL appStoreURL     Works a treat

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it will open the App Store directly  NSString  iTunesLink     itms-apps   itunes apple com app ebl-  skybanking id1171655193 mt 8      UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink

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Apple just announced the appstore com urls   https   developer apple com library ios qa qa1633  index html     There are three types of App Store Short Links  in two forms  one for iOS apps  another for Mac Apps       Company Name      iOS  http   appstore com  for example  http   appstore com apple      Mac  http   appstore com mac  for example  http   appstore com mac apple      App Name      iOS  http   appstore com  for example  http   appstore com keynote      Mac  http   appstore com mac  for example  http   appstore com mac keynote      App by Company      iOS  http   appstore com   for example  http   appstore com apple keynote      Mac  http   appstore com mac   for example  http   appstore com mac apple keynote      Most companies and apps have a canonical App Store Short Link  This canonical URL is created by changing or removing certain characters  many of which are illegal or have special meaning in a URL  for example    amp           To create an App Store Short Link  apply the following rules to your company or app name       Remove all whitespace      Convert all characters to lower-case      Remove all copyright       trademark       and registered mark      symbols      Replace ampersands    amp    with  and       Remove most punctuation  See Listing 2 for the set       Replace accented and other  decorated  characters          etc   with their elemental character  u  a  etc        Leave all other characters as-is       Listing 2  Punctuation characters that must be removed                    -     lt                      Below are some examples to demonstrate the conversion that takes place       App Store      Company Name examples      Gameloft    http   appstore com gameloft      Activision Publishing  Inc     http   appstore com activisionpublishinginc      Chen s Photography  amp  Software    http   appstore com chensphotographyandsoftware      App Name examples      Ocarina    http   appstore com ocarina      Where   s My Perry     http   appstore com wheresmyperry      Brain Challenge       http   appstore com brainchallenge

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At least iOS 9 and above   Open directly in the App Store   An app  itms-apps   itunes apple com app  appName   appID    List of developer s apps  itms-apps   itunes apple com developer  developerName   developerID

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Edited on 2016-02-02 Starting from iOS 6 SKStoreProductViewController class was introduced  You can link an app without leaving your app  Code snippet in Swift 3 x 2 x and Objective-C is here   A SKStoreProductViewController object presents a store that allows the user to purchase other media from the App Store  For example  your app might display the store to allow the user to purchase another app    From News and Announcement For Apple Developers   Drive Customers Directly to Your App on the App Store with iTunes Links With iTunes links you can provide your customers with an easy way to access your apps on the App Store directly from your website or marketing campaigns  Creating an iTunes link is simple and can be made to direct customers to either a single app  all your apps  or to a specific app with your company name specified  To send customers to a specific application  http   itunes com apps appname To send customers to a list of apps you have on the App Store  http   itunes com apps developername To send customers to a specific app with your company name included in the URL  http   itunes com apps developername appname   Additional notes  You can replace http    with itms    or itms-apps    to avoid redirects  Please note that itms    will send the user to the iTunes store and itms-apps    with send them to the App Store  For info on naming  see Apple QA1633  https   developer apple com library content qa qa1633  index html  Edit  as of January 2015   itunes com apps links should be updated to appstore com apps   See QA1633 above  which has been updated  A new QA1629 suggests these steps and code for launching the store from an app   Launch iTunes on your computer  Search for the item you want to link to  Right-click or control-click on the item s name in iTunes  then choose  quot Copy iTunes Store URL quot  from the pop-up menu  In your application  create an NSURL object with the copied iTunes URL  then pass this object to UIApplication  s openURL  method to open your item in the App Store   Sample code  NSString  iTunesLink     quot itms   itunes apple com app apple-store id375380948 mt 8 quot     UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink     iOS10      UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink  options     completionHandler nil    Swift 4 2    let urlStr    quot itms-apps   itunes apple com app apple-store id375380948 mt 8 quot      if  available iOS 10 0               UIApplication shared open URL string  urlStr    options       completionHandler  nil                 else           UIApplication shared openURL URL string  urlStr

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If you want to link to a developer s apps and the developer s name has punctuation or spaces  e g  Development Company  LLC  form your URL like this   itms-apps   itunes com apps DevelopmentCompanyLLC   Otherwise it returns  This request cannot be processed  on iOS 4 3 3

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Simply change  itunes  to  phobos  in the app link   http   phobos apple com WebObjects MZStore woa wa viewSoftware id 300136119 amp mt 8  Now it will open the App Store directly

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You can get a link to a specific item in the app store or iTunes through the link maker at  http   itunes apple com linkmaker

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If you have the app store id you are best off using it  Especially if you in the future might change the name of the application    http   itunes apple com app id378458261   If you don t have tha app store id you can create an url based on this documentation https   developer apple com library ios qa qa1633  index html     NSURL   appStoreURL       static NSURL  appStoreURL      static dispatch once t onceToken      dispatch once  amp onceToken             appStoreURL    self appStoreURLFromBundleName   NSBundle mainBundle  objectForInfoDictionaryKey   CFBundleName                 return appStoreURL        NSURL   appStoreURLFromBundleName  NSString   bundleName       NSURL  appStoreURL    NSURL URLWithString  NSString stringWithFormat   itms-apps   itunes com app       self sanitizeAppStoreResourceSpecifier bundleName         return appStoreURL        NSString   sanitizeAppStoreResourceSpecifier  NSString   resourceSpecifier               https   developer apple com library ios qa qa1633  index html      To create an App Store Short Link  apply the following rules to your company or app name        Remove all whitespace      Convert all characters to lower-case      Remove all copyright       trademark       and registered mark      symbols      Replace ampersands    amp    with  and       Remove most punctuation  See Listing 2 for the set       Replace accented and other  decorated  characters          etc   with their elemental character  u  a  etc        Leave all other characters as-is              resourceSpecifier    resourceSpecifier stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString    amp   withString   and        resourceSpecifier     NSString alloc  initWithData  resourceSpecifier dataUsingEncoding NSASCIIStringEncoding allowLossyConversion YES  encoding NSASCIIStringEncoding       resourceSpecifier    resourceSpecifier stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString                  -     lt   gt                      s  t  n   withString     options NSRegularExpressionSearch range NSMakeRange 0  resourceSpecifier length        resourceSpecifier    resourceSpecifier lowercaseString       return resourceSpecifier      Passes this test  -  void testAppStoreURLFromBundleName       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Nuclear      absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app nuclear   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Magazine    absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app magazine   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Karl  amp  CO   absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app karlandco   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName    Fluppy fuck    absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app fluppyfuck   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Pollos H  rmanos   absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app polloshermanos   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Ni  os and ni  as   absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app ninosandninas   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Trond  MobizMag   absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app trondmobizmag   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName      SPECIAL-PLIZES      absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app specialplizes   nil

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it will open the App Store directly  NSString  iTunesLink     itms-apps   itunes apple com app ebl-  skybanking id1171655193 mt 8      UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink

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Apple just announced the appstore com urls   https   developer apple com library ios qa qa1633  index html     There are three types of App Store Short Links  in two forms  one for iOS apps  another for Mac Apps       Company Name      iOS  http   appstore com  for example  http   appstore com apple      Mac  http   appstore com mac  for example  http   appstore com mac apple      App Name      iOS  http   appstore com  for example  http   appstore com keynote      Mac  http   appstore com mac  for example  http   appstore com mac keynote      App by Company      iOS  http   appstore com   for example  http   appstore com apple keynote      Mac  http   appstore com mac   for example  http   appstore com mac apple keynote      Most companies and apps have a canonical App Store Short Link  This canonical URL is created by changing or removing certain characters  many of which are illegal or have special meaning in a URL  for example    amp           To create an App Store Short Link  apply the following rules to your company or app name       Remove all whitespace      Convert all characters to lower-case      Remove all copyright       trademark       and registered mark      symbols      Replace ampersands    amp    with  and       Remove most punctuation  See Listing 2 for the set       Replace accented and other  decorated  characters          etc   with their elemental character  u  a  etc        Leave all other characters as-is       Listing 2  Punctuation characters that must be removed                    -     lt                      Below are some examples to demonstrate the conversion that takes place       App Store      Company Name examples      Gameloft    http   appstore com gameloft      Activision Publishing  Inc     http   appstore com activisionpublishinginc      Chen s Photography  amp  Software    http   appstore com chensphotographyandsoftware      App Name examples      Ocarina    http   appstore com ocarina      Where   s My Perry     http   appstore com wheresmyperry      Brain Challenge       http   appstore com brainchallenge

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Despite there being loads of answers here  none of the suggestions for linking to the developers apps seem to work anymore    When I last visited I was able to get it working using the format   itms-apps   itunes apple com developer developer-name id123456789   This no longer works  but removing the developer name does   itms-apps   itunes apple com developer id123456789

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If you have the app store id you are best off using it  Especially if you in the future might change the name of the application    http   itunes apple com app id378458261   If you don t have tha app store id you can create an url based on this documentation https   developer apple com library ios qa qa1633  index html     NSURL   appStoreURL       static NSURL  appStoreURL      static dispatch once t onceToken      dispatch once  amp onceToken             appStoreURL    self appStoreURLFromBundleName   NSBundle mainBundle  objectForInfoDictionaryKey   CFBundleName                 return appStoreURL        NSURL   appStoreURLFromBundleName  NSString   bundleName       NSURL  appStoreURL    NSURL URLWithString  NSString stringWithFormat   itms-apps   itunes com app       self sanitizeAppStoreResourceSpecifier bundleName         return appStoreURL        NSString   sanitizeAppStoreResourceSpecifier  NSString   resourceSpecifier               https   developer apple com library ios qa qa1633  index html      To create an App Store Short Link  apply the following rules to your company or app name        Remove all whitespace      Convert all characters to lower-case      Remove all copyright       trademark       and registered mark      symbols      Replace ampersands    amp    with  and       Remove most punctuation  See Listing 2 for the set       Replace accented and other  decorated  characters          etc   with their elemental character  u  a  etc        Leave all other characters as-is              resourceSpecifier    resourceSpecifier stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString    amp   withString   and        resourceSpecifier     NSString alloc  initWithData  resourceSpecifier dataUsingEncoding NSASCIIStringEncoding allowLossyConversion YES  encoding NSASCIIStringEncoding       resourceSpecifier    resourceSpecifier stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString                  -     lt   gt                      s  t  n   withString     options NSRegularExpressionSearch range NSMakeRange 0  resourceSpecifier length        resourceSpecifier    resourceSpecifier lowercaseString       return resourceSpecifier      Passes this test  -  void testAppStoreURLFromBundleName       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Nuclear      absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app nuclear   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Magazine    absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app magazine   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Karl  amp  CO   absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app karlandco   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName    Fluppy fuck    absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app fluppyfuck   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Pollos H  rmanos   absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app polloshermanos   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Ni  os and ni  as   absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app ninosandninas   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName   Trond  MobizMag   absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app trondmobizmag   nil       STAssertEqualObjects  AGApplicationHelper appStoreURLFromBundleName      SPECIAL-PLIZES      absoluteString    itms-apps   itunes com app specialplizes   nil

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According to Apple s latest document  You need to use     appStoreLink    https   itunes apple com us app apple-store id375380948 mt 8      or     SKStoreProductViewController

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If you want to link to a developer s apps and the developer s name has punctuation or spaces  e g  Development Company  LLC  form your URL like this   itms-apps   itunes com apps DevelopmentCompanyLLC   Otherwise it returns  This request cannot be processed  on iOS 4 3 3

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This code generates the App Store link on iOS  NSString  appName    NSString stringWithString    NSBundle mainBundle  infoDictionary    objectForKey   CFBundleName     NSURL  appStoreURL    NSURL URLWithString  NSString stringWithFormat   itms-apps   itunes com app      appName stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString      withString           Replace itms-apps with http on Mac   NSURL  appStoreURL    NSURL URLWithString  NSString stringWithFormat   http  itunes com app      appName stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString      withString            Open URL on iOS     UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL appStoreURL     Mac     NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace  openURL appStoreURL

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A number of answers suggest using  itms  or  itms-apps  but this practice is not specifically recommended by Apple  They only offer the following way to open the App Store   Listing 1  Launching the App Store from an iOS application  NSString  iTunesLink     https   itunes apple com us app apple-store id375380948 mt 8     UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink      See https   developer apple com library ios qa qa1629  index html last updated March  2014 as of this answer   For apps that support iOS 6 and above  Apple offers a in-app mechanism for presenting the App Store  SKStoreProductViewController  -  void loadProductWithParameters  NSDictionary   parameters completionBlock  void     BOOL result  NSError  error  block      Example  SKStoreProductViewController  spvc     SKStoreProductViewController alloc  init   spvc delegate   self   spvc loadProductWithParameters    SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier     364709193    completionBlock   BOOL result  NSError  error        if  error             Show sorry     else            Present spvc       Note that on iOS6  the completion block may not be called if there are errors  This appears to be a bug that was resolved in iOS 7

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According to Apple s latest document  You need to use     appStoreLink    https   itunes apple com us app apple-store id375380948 mt 8      or     SKStoreProductViewController

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To have a direct link without redirection :

Use iTunes link maker http://itunes.apple.com/linkmaker/ to get the real direct link
Replace the http:// with itms-apps://
Open the link with [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];

Be careful, those links only works on actual devices, not in simulator.

Source : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa2008/qa1629.html

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Creating a link could become a complex issue when supporting multiple OS and multiple platform  For example the WebObjects isn t supported on iOS 7  some of them   some links you create would open another country store then the user s etc   There is an open source library called iLink that could help you   There advantages of this library is that the links would be found and created at run time  the library would check the app ID and the OS it is running on and would figure out what link should be created   The best point in this is that you don t need to configure almost anything before using it so that is error free and would work always  That s great also if you have few targets on same project so you don t have to remember which app ID or link to use  This library also would prompt the user to upgrade the app if there is a new version on the store  this is built in and you turn this off by a simple flag  directly pointing to the upgrade page for the app if user agrees   Copy the 2 library files to your project  iLink h  amp  iLink m    On your appDelegate m    import  iLink h      void initialize         configure iLink      iLink sharedInstance  globalPromptForUpdate   YES     If you want iLink to prompt user to update when the app is old      and on the place you want to open the rating page for example just use     iLink sharedInstance  iLinkOpenAppPageInAppStoreWithAppleID  YOUR PAID APP APPLE ID      You should find YOUR PAID APP APPLE ID from iTunes Connect    Don t forget to import iLink h on the same file   There is a very good doc for the whole library there and an example projects for iPhone and for Mac

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For summer 2015 onwards     - IBAction clickedUpdate       NSString  simple     quot itms-apps   itunes apple com app id1234567890 quot         UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString simple       replace  id1234567890  with  id  and  your ten digit number   This works perfectly on all devices   It does go straight to the app store  no redirects   Is OK for all national stores   It s true you should move to using loadProductWithParameters  but if the purpose of the link is to update the app you are actually inside of  it s possibly better to use this  quot old-fashioned quot  approach

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At least iOS 9 and above   Open directly in the App Store   An app  itms-apps   itunes apple com app  appName   appID    List of developer s apps  itms-apps   itunes apple com developer  developerName   developerID

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You can get a link to a specific item in the app store or iTunes through the link maker at  http   itunes apple com linkmaker

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This is working and directly linking in ios5  NSString  iTunesLink     http   itunes apple com app baseball-stats-tracker-touch id490256272 mt 8       UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink

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Try this way  http   itunes apple com lookup id  your app ID here  return json From this  find key  trackViewUrl  and value is the desired url  use this url just replace https    with itms-apps     This works just fine   For example if your app ID is xyz then go to this link http   itunes apple com lookup id xyz  Then find the url for key  trackViewUrl  This is the url for your app in app store and to use this url in xcode try this  NSString  iTunesLink     itms-apps   itunes apple com us app Your app name id Your app ID mt 8 amp uo 4             UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink      Thanks

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All the answers are outdated and don t work  use the below method   All apps of a developer  itms-apps   apps apple com developer developer-name developerId  Single app  itms-apps   itunes apple com app appId

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Simply change  itunes  to  phobos  in the app link   http   phobos apple com WebObjects MZStore woa wa viewSoftware id 300136119 amp mt 8  Now it will open the App Store directly

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Try this way  http   itunes apple com lookup id  your app ID here  return json From this  find key  trackViewUrl  and value is the desired url  use this url just replace https    with itms-apps     This works just fine   For example if your app ID is xyz then go to this link http   itunes apple com lookup id xyz  Then find the url for key  trackViewUrl  This is the url for your app in app store and to use this url in xcode try this  NSString  iTunesLink     itms-apps   itunes apple com us app Your app name id Your app ID mt 8 amp uo 4             UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink      Thanks

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Starting from iOS 6 right way to do it by using SKStoreProductViewController class   Swift 5 x   func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier   identifier  String        let storeViewController   SKStoreProductViewController       storeViewController delegate   self      let parameters     SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier   identifier      storeViewController loadProduct withParameters  parameters     weak self   loaded  error  - gt  Void in         if loaded                  Parent class of self is UIViewContorller             self  present storeViewController  animated  true  completion  nil                    private func productViewControllerDidFinish viewController  SKStoreProductViewController        viewController dismiss animated  true  completion  nil       Usage  openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier  1234567     Swift 3 x   func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier identifier  String        let storeViewController   SKStoreProductViewController       storeViewController delegate   self      let parameters     SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier   identifier      storeViewController loadProduct withParameters  parameters     weak self   loaded  error  - gt  Void in         if loaded                  Parent class of self is UIViewContorller             self  present storeViewController  animated  true  completion  nil                     func productViewControllerDidFinish   viewController  SKStoreProductViewController        viewController dismiss animated  true  completion  nil       Usage  openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier identifier   13432        You can get the app s itunes item identifier like this   instead of a static one    Swift 3 2  var appID  String   infoDictionary  CFBundleIdentifier   var url   URL string   http   itunes apple com lookup bundleId   appID    var data   Data contentsOf  url   var lookup   try  JSONSerialization jsonObject with  data   options      as   AnyHashable  Any  var appITunesItemIdentifier   lookup  results   0   trackId   as  String openStoreProductViewController withITunesItemIdentifier  Int appITunesItemIdentifier      0    Swift 2 x   func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier identifier  String        let storeViewController   SKStoreProductViewController       storeViewController delegate   self      let parameters     SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier   identifier      storeViewController loadProductWithParameters parameters     weak self   loaded  error  - gt  Void in         if loaded                  Parent class of self is UIViewContorller             self  presentViewController storeViewController  animated  true  completion  nil                     func productViewControllerDidFinish viewController  SKStoreProductViewController        viewController dismissViewControllerAnimated true  completion  nil       Usage openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier  2321354       objective-C   static NSInteger const kAppITunesItemIdentifier   324684580   self openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier kAppITunesItemIdentifier    -  void openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier  NSInteger iTunesItemIdentifier       SKStoreProductViewController  storeViewController     SKStoreProductViewController alloc  init        storeViewController delegate   self       NSNumber  identifier    NSNumber numberWithInteger iTunesItemIdentifier        NSDictionary  parameters      SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier identifier        UIViewController  viewController   self window rootViewController       storeViewController loadProductWithParameters parameters                                    completionBlock   BOOL result  NSError  error                                           if  result                                              viewController presentViewController storeViewController                                                               animated YES                                                             completion nil                                          else NSLog   SKStoreProductViewController       error                                                storeViewController release       pragma mark - SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate  -  void productViewControllerDidFinish  SKStoreProductViewController   viewController        viewController dismissViewControllerAnimated YES completion nil          You can get kAppITunesItemIdentifier  app s itunes item identifier  like this   instead of a static one    NSDictionary  infoDictionary     NSBundle mainBundle  infoDictionary       NSString  appID   infoDictionary   CFBundleIdentifier        NSURL  url    NSURL URLWithString  NSString stringWithFormat   http   itunes apple com lookup bundleId      appID        NSData  data    NSData dataWithContentsOfURL url       NSDictionary  lookup    NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData data options 0 error nil       NSString   appITunesItemIdentifier    lookup   results   0    trackId          self openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier  appITunesItemIdentifier intValue

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I think Apple has provided a new link for the app link  https   apps apple com app id1445530088 or https   apps apple com app   your app id

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For Xcode 9 1 and Swift 4    Import StoreKit     import StoreKit    2 Conform the protocol  SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate   3 Implement the protocol  func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier identifier  String        let storeViewController   SKStoreProductViewController       storeViewController delegate   self      let parameters     SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier   identifier      storeViewController loadProduct withParameters  parameters     weak self   loaded  error  - gt  Void in          if loaded                  Parent class of self is UIViewContorller             self  present storeViewController  animated  true  completion  nil                         3 1  func productViewControllerDidFinish   viewController  SKStoreProductViewController        viewController dismiss animated  true  completion  nil       How to use     openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier identifier   here put your App id      Note       It is very important to enter the exact ID of your APP  Because this cause error  not show the error log  but nothing works fine because of this

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Simply change  itunes  to  phobos  in the app link   http   phobos apple com WebObjects MZStore woa wa viewSoftware id 300136119 amp mt 8  Now it will open the App Store directly

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This is working and directly linking in ios5  NSString  iTunesLink     http   itunes apple com app baseball-stats-tracker-touch id490256272 mt 8       UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  NSURL URLWithString iTunesLink

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I think Apple has provided a new link for the app link  https   apps apple com app id1445530088 or https   apps apple com app   your app id

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Starting from iOS 6 right way to do it by using SKStoreProductViewController class   Swift 5 x   func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier   identifier  String        let storeViewController   SKStoreProductViewController       storeViewController delegate   self      let parameters     SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier   identifier      storeViewController loadProduct withParameters  parameters     weak self   loaded  error  - gt  Void in         if loaded                  Parent class of self is UIViewContorller             self  present storeViewController  animated  true  completion  nil                    private func productViewControllerDidFinish viewController  SKStoreProductViewController        viewController dismiss animated  true  completion  nil       Usage  openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier  1234567     Swift 3 x   func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier identifier  String        let storeViewController   SKStoreProductViewController       storeViewController delegate   self      let parameters     SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier   identifier      storeViewController loadProduct withParameters  parameters     weak self   loaded  error  - gt  Void in         if loaded                  Parent class of self is UIViewContorller             self  present storeViewController  animated  true  completion  nil                     func productViewControllerDidFinish   viewController  SKStoreProductViewController        viewController dismiss animated  true  completion  nil       Usage  openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier identifier   13432        You can get the app s itunes item identifier like this   instead of a static one    Swift 3 2  var appID  String   infoDictionary  CFBundleIdentifier   var url   URL string   http   itunes apple com lookup bundleId   appID    var data   Data contentsOf  url   var lookup   try  JSONSerialization jsonObject with  data   options      as   AnyHashable  Any  var appITunesItemIdentifier   lookup  results   0   trackId   as  String openStoreProductViewController withITunesItemIdentifier  Int appITunesItemIdentifier      0    Swift 2 x   func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier identifier  String        let storeViewController   SKStoreProductViewController       storeViewController delegate   self      let parameters     SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier   identifier      storeViewController loadProductWithParameters parameters     weak self   loaded  error  - gt  Void in         if loaded                  Parent class of self is UIViewContorller             self  presentViewController storeViewController  animated  true  completion  nil                     func productViewControllerDidFinish viewController  SKStoreProductViewController        viewController dismissViewControllerAnimated true  completion  nil       Usage openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier  2321354       objective-C   static NSInteger const kAppITunesItemIdentifier   324684580   self openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier kAppITunesItemIdentifier    -  void openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier  NSInteger iTunesItemIdentifier       SKStoreProductViewController  storeViewController     SKStoreProductViewController alloc  init        storeViewController delegate   self       NSNumber  identifier    NSNumber numberWithInteger iTunesItemIdentifier        NSDictionary  parameters      SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier identifier        UIViewController  viewController   self window rootViewController       storeViewController loadProductWithParameters parameters                                    completionBlock   BOOL result  NSError  error                                           if  result                                              viewController presentViewController storeViewController                                                               animated YES                                                             completion nil                                          else NSLog   SKStoreProductViewController       error                                                storeViewController release       pragma mark - SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate  -  void productViewControllerDidFinish  SKStoreProductViewController   viewController        viewController dismissViewControllerAnimated YES completion nil          You can get kAppITunesItemIdentifier  app s itunes item identifier  like this   instead of a static one    NSDictionary  infoDictionary     NSBundle mainBundle  infoDictionary       NSString  appID   infoDictionary   CFBundleIdentifier        NSURL  url    NSURL URLWithString  NSString stringWithFormat   http   itunes apple com lookup bundleId      appID        NSData  data    NSData dataWithContentsOfURL url       NSDictionary  lookup    NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData data options 0 error nil       NSString   appITunesItemIdentifier    lookup   results   0    trackId          self openStoreProductViewControllerWithITunesItemIdentifier  appITunesItemIdentifier intValue

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For Xcode 9 1 and Swift 4    Import StoreKit     import StoreKit    2 Conform the protocol  SKStoreProductViewControllerDelegate   3 Implement the protocol  func openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier identifier  String        let storeViewController   SKStoreProductViewController       storeViewController delegate   self      let parameters     SKStoreProductParameterITunesItemIdentifier   identifier      storeViewController loadProduct withParameters  parameters     weak self   loaded  error  - gt  Void in          if loaded                  Parent class of self is UIViewContorller             self  present storeViewController  animated  true  completion  nil                         3 1  func productViewControllerDidFinish   viewController  SKStoreProductViewController        viewController dismiss animated  true  completion  nil       How to use     openStoreProductWithiTunesItemIdentifier identifier   here put your App id      Note       It is very important to enter the exact ID of your APP  Because this cause error  not show the error log  but nothing works fine because of this

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